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Jul 28, 2011

My eyes hold on to the memories
The togetherness
And the tears; in living
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Can you hold on to me
Till I close my eyes, and sleep
And find you within my dream
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You fill me
Like the drink
After the thirst ___

Holding on to the sands

Running away from my fingers
I feel empty and light
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Nature and life
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Still silent depths fought hard with the waves
Trying to hold on to its own reality
On the surface of living
Where waves of passion usually wins

Deep inside
Lake withdrew deeper
Left the waves to play
With the air, earth, water
and Fire
Submerged in all sense of living
Suddenly there was a splash
In the chaos of living
A rock solid thought
Plunged deeper
Calming all; with its brutal force of realisation
The waves, the water, the earth
And the fire

As the depths of the river
Cleaved itself in knowing
Knifed the sensual living from ‘being’
Embraced the rock submerged within
Unlocked the deepest desire
And flowed with the consciousness
Of the space within the thought
Lake
Water
earth
Fire
and its own shadows of deepest desire
Flowing in the emptiness; within

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ॐनमःशिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya

Submitted to Poetry Potluck WK 45, that I am hosting at Jingle Poetry with the theme of Nature and Life... please check out some great and talented artists, who have posted there... Click Here

Jul 22, 2011

On one of my recent business trip to Europe, I have had an opportunity spend few days in Poland, visiting one of the largest office furniture manufacturer "Nowy Styl" in Europe and their Factory. City of Krosno, where Nowy Styl has its largest manufacturing setup, seemed nestled in the lap of nature.. specially their wood working factory. This factory is in the middle of nowhere, in a beautiful valley surround by forest all around - just near the border of Slovakia and Ukraine. Below are my impressions from the journey... Hope you will enjoy it.

Arriving at Krakow, in 18 Deg Temp in rain and fog from 40 Deg Temp
in Hot and humid Chennai in the summers, was most welcome...

The drive from Krakow to Krosno was beautiful...

The small villages nestled in the green meadows was refreshing change...
From the red soil of South India

Its almost 3 hours drive from Krakow to reach Krosno, where Nowy Styl
Factory is...

The drive to Baltic Wood's Factory ...

... where most of the Wooden components of Nowy Styl Furniture is made...

... is beautiful.

This 14 century church in the middle of nowhere on the way...
was a beautiful surprise..

Well like almost any where in the world... women folk hang around
To gossip....

And of course, like any where in the world, you will find Mc Donald's
This one is in one of the villages around Krosno

A beautiful surprise was this Bengol Hotel, where I stayed.
which served Bengali Food from India and Vegetarian too....
How thoughtful of Nowy Styl

So from Sunrise in the hotel room....

To sunset out on the patio... it was all about Nature
Lovely Poland.

And as they say in Poland, they can make Vodka out of any thing, I did buy a souvenir of Bison grass Vodka known as Żubrówka in Poland, where they seal a blade of Bison Grass in the Bottle (which you can see) to give this Vodka a special color and taste...

It was great to hear Gandhi Ji’s voice and the clarity of his conviction first hand. His simple ideas in trying to prove the existence of God in one word – Simple but then somehow one feels that it’s also true. I liked this talk because of his voice which transported me to the era, where our freedom of India was born. Below is the transcription of the talk.

The book “Secrets of Yoga” based on the talks by OSHO on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, appeared in one of my searches for books to read,and understand the thoughts behind the man Bhagwan Rajneesh... I liked some of his explanation and some were just geared up towards western followers so it was a mixed feeling but one thing that did come through reading the book, was that he has a different point of view – sometimes not very comfortable, some time outrageous but sometimes carried gem of thought within that touched me... .Click here to read more...

This month, I had travelled to Europe on a business trip and on the way back I had stopped in Vienna to see the beautiful city and great museums. In this post I am sharing some of my impressions from the streets of Vienna... Hope you will enjoy this. .Click here to see...

Last year in June, 2010, I have been to one of the most powerful temples of Lord Shiva, in temple town Jageshwar, 36 KM northeast of Almora in Kumaun region of Himalaya

The powerful spiritual energy, that is in the environment around this temple city, has made this journey one of my most memorable times in the presence of Lord Shiva. So join me in my journey of peace and blissfulness through my impressions captured in those days... .

The poetry in this post is based on a painting "Death and Life" which I came across in my recent visit to Belvedere Museum in Vienna where I saw this painting byGustav Klimtwas exhibited. This painting opened a new window within me to see a new perspective of my living... .Click here to read more...

Hope you would enjoy this edition of my ‘Shadow dancing with Mind’ Please leave a comment on the pages you visit and I will be very grateful if you click the follow button, so that we can be in touch...
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Jul 17, 2011

Some of my HAIKU that I have had written some time back in the Face Book Group Whisper’s that suddenly got archived without my knowledge. So trying to salvage some of the words that I have had written and putting it in another new group... WHISPERS click here to read some more

If you like to know more about HAIKU, please read a feature I have had written about it... Click Here
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Sea and shore
Pulsating rhythm - high and low
An endless coming together
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Our soul songs of the night
Flowers into a milky way
Across our heart
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The memory of her outstretched
Un-held hand
Aches all the time.
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I know one day
You will get up and leave
Till then, let me make memories to live by
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The below verse is based on a painting "Death and Life" which I came across in my recent visit to Belvedere Museum in Vienna where I saw this painting by Gustav Klimt was exhibited. This painting opened a new window within me to see a new perspective of my living...

Sometimes, my thoughts whisper to me about life, living and who actually I am. Sometimes I am the mind, sometimes I am the soul, and sometimes I am the result of the past, living in ‘now’... sometimes I am nothing but just ‘someone’ who lives within and dares to whisper...

I AM THAT
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Sometimes when I wake up
I know that I am dead
And being dead is not easy
As it bleeds in ‘now’
In moment by moments of living
Foot prints of red
Tree lined paths of memory
Stretched from here to eternity
Ocean full of scents
Of past memories

I search within
For the life
Knowing it was dead too.

But being dead is not easy
It still pains
And I wonder, in all my awakenings
Why it still pains
when senses are already dead?
When thoughts are already numbed
Into silent screams of mind – unleashed
By constant throbbing of
This un-living;
Why still it pains?
Why?
And yet the question is

Who is this talking to me about it now?
Me?
Who is dead?

Or is it ‘me’
The unknown
The unravelled
The one that can never be dead
Unattached, untouched and unscathed
An emptiness

A shell full of darkness behind light
Un-dead
I am that
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ॐनमःशिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya

This is the second week I am hosting Poetry Potluck on JP – a group of great and talented poets, who gather around to write something on a theme. This week it’s themed on “ART” and I am calling it ‘Painting Whispers’

Jul 13, 2011

Recently I have been invited my J H Poetry to host their Poetry Potluck beginning week 43 and hope to have some great time reading and writing ...

Below are some of my Haiku about Love, life and living... Hope you will all enjoy it. The main poetry of this week below ‘Cuckoo’s Song’ is about some times when you wake up, you realise that whatever life you have had, is not much about present or future but past... about learning from pain.... We almost always not able to still the ‘Past’ into beauty that is living, loving and the life that is ‘now’ – the present.

Sun set at Danube River in Vienna - Where I spent some time in reflection
It inspired me to write some of the Haiku below....

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Writes Poetry, Haiku, Spiritual Fiction, most of the times about Spiritual and blissful living. He enjoys spiritual journeys across India / High on Himalayas or floating below in depths Ganges, on a self-exploration trip, all the while trying to work out that elusive enlightenment, which every one talks about but, most of the times, don't find.

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